Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1897 ca.
Place MadeElkhart and New York, Indiana and New York, United States, North America
ModelNew American
Serial No.31856
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by standard leaf design of the period: MADE / BY / C.G. CONN / ELKHART IND. / NEW YORKMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 31856
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three front-action, bottom-sprung Perinet valves.
According to Margaret Downie Banks' revised serial number research, instruments marked Elkhart, IN and NYC were made between about November 1897 (stored opened in 11/17/1897) and January 1902 (NYC store closed in 2/2/1902), hence this instrument dates from ca. 1897.
DimensionsHeight: 30-1/2in (77.7 cm)
Bell diameter: 14in (35.7 cm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesJohn Joseph Swain, A Catalog of the E-flat Tubas in the Arne B. Larson Collection at the University of South Dakota, Ph.D. Dissertation (East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1985), p. 150.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00106
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